Combined trunk and bed



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1'. G. W SNAMAN, Jr. COMBINED TRUNK AND BED.

No. 448,554. Patented Mar. 17, 1891.

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G. W. SNAMAN, Jr. COMBINED TRUNK AND BED.

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NlTED STATES PATENT Orricn.

GEORGE XV. SNAMAN, JR, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED TRUNK A ND BED.

.SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,554, dated March 17, 1891.

Application filed geptember 6, 1890. Serial No. 364,138. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SNAMAN, Jr.,of Allegheny,in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Combined Trunk and Bed, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a chest or trunk which is adapted for speedy conversion into a bed, and more particularly to furnish a compact folding bedstead for temporary use by parties camping out, the device being capable of holding the bedding and articles of personal wear also when changed from a bedstead into the form of a chest or trunk.

A further object is to furnish a convertible bed and trunk with removable supports to elevate the device in bedstead form from the ground or flooring, and also to provide a removable covering or screen which willshield theoceupant from the attacks of venomous insects.

To these ends my invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter desc ibed, and indicated in the claims.

Reference to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device with the parts adjusted to form a trunk or chest. Fig. 2 represents the parts in the form of a trunk, with one end removed to expose the contents, one mattress section being broken to expose other parts belowit. Fig. 3 is a view of the end wall of the trunk that is adjustable and that has'been removed from place in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents the parts of the device and a portion of its contents when in trunk form converted into a bedstead, a bed within, and a screening-cover, the latter being broken away to display the mattress in position for use, a covered tray being also shown, which is one of the essential features of the device. Fig. 5 is a view of the trunktray, showing its lid open and broken away. Fig. 6 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional elevation of one end portion of a trunk-section and a trunk-tray in position therein. Fig. 7 is a view in section of one corner of the N device and an attached leg; and Fig. 8 is a transverse section in elevation of the trunktray and its lid closed, with legs for the lid shown in the tray.

' There are two main portions or sections A A provided, which are of rectangular form and similar dimensions. Said sections are open at one end. One section A has a substantial bottom a, secured to the sides I) and an attached end 0, the other section A having similar sides and end wall and a lid (Z hinged to one side edge and provided with a secure hasp-lock d of any preferred form.

At the open ends of the sectionsA Athere are vertical strips (2, secured thereto, which strips project inwardly a sufficient distance to produce keeper-ledges, and on the inner surfaces of the side walls I) on each section there are rabbeted strips e, secured adjacent to the projected portions of the end strips 6, a proper space intervening. The end strips 6 and rabbeted strips e afford L-shaped grooves, which will become continuous. on each side when the section A is located exactly upon the other section A and their edges maintained in alignment by hinge-jointing theesections together at the open ends, as shown at e in Figs. 1 and The loose end wall f (shown detached in Fig. 3) is made of proper dimensions to fit neatly between the edges of the vertical strips 6, and also between the lid d and bottom ct when inserted. The side edges of the removable end wall having flanges f formed 011 or secured thereto, which are adapted to slide in the grooves produced by the junction of the rabbeted strips 6 with the side walls I), and thus lock the two sections A A together so as to form a rectangular box or trunkbody when the end wall is in position, as shown in Fig. 1.

To relieve the hinges e from lateral strain and retain the joined edges of the two sections A A in vertical alignment, there are opposite ears g, secured on the inner surfaces of the side walls 72, near the free end of one section, which ears by their contact with the inner faces of the side wall on the other section will prevent lateral displacement when the two sections are folded together, and when so adjusted they may be secured at their unhinged ends by the hook g on one end wall that should engage the staple on the other end wall, and thus removably hold the parts connected.

The tray C is made of such relative proportions that it may be freely inserted in the trunk when the sections are connected to form such a receptacle, and as shown in Figs. 5 and S, has any desired number of separated inclosures formed by division-walls in it, so that articles of apparel may be kept therein from contact with other material of a different na ture. The tray is provided with a lid C, which is hinge-jointed to the tray-body C in a manner to permit a quick removal of the lid, the hinges 1' (shown in Fig. 5) being well adapted to afford such a connection and re moval of the lid by a slightlongitudinal move ment of the same in the right direction. On the lid 0, near its four corners perforated and threaded disks 1'', are secured, which furnish means for the adjustable connection of loose legs 6" that are kept in the tray 0 when not in use. Said legs when attached to the lid by screwing them into the disks 1', will support the lid and convert it into a table.

When the trunk is to be converted into a bedstead, the end wall f is removed and the two sections A A opened out to lie in the same plane, forming an open box of half the height of the trunk and double its length, the bedframe thus provided having the legs attached thereto by the threaded engagement of their upper ends with the nuts it, (see Fig. 7,) that are affixed near each corner of the bottom a, and the lid (7, that now becomes a part of the bed-bottom.

Two mattresses D are provided which will fit loosely in the trunk when the parts are assembled in that form. Said mattresses when placed endwise together in the sections A A, that have been arranged to form a bedstead, as in Fig. t, will afford a comfortable bed; and as the side and end walls of the sections named are higher than the mattresses, side drafts of air are prevented from reaching the occupant of the bed.

Upon the upper edges of the sections A A when adjusted in the form of a bedstead,the bent wire rods m are erected by a loose insertion of their-ends into suitable perforations in said edges, these bows of wire together forming asupport for a gauze fabric E, which when in place will protect the occupant of the bed from mosquitoes or other insect pests that fly.

When the parts are to be assembled and packed, the netting E is placed in one of the compartments of the tray C, and the bed-legs k with the wire rods m are introduced between the mattresses D or any other preferred place in the trunk. The tray (1, being located on the depending hooks n, is supported by them in a horizontal position, and said tray may be placed above both mattresses or be tween them, as maybe preferred. \Vhen the tray is in place, the slide-bolts 0 on its lid may be slid outwardly to enter perforations in the end walls of the section it is inserted in, and thus the tray and parts below it will be retained in place.

The combined trunk and bed herein described is useful for hunting and fishing parties, travelers, and tourists, and is also convenient as a household article of furniture when a bed is temporarily required.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a convertible trunk, the combination, with two equal body-sections that are open at one end and are hinged together at the open end so as to perinitsaid sections to be extended in the same plane, vertical strips secured on the sides of the body-sections at their open ends, and adjacent parallel rabbcted strips which with the end strips afford lockinggrooves on the inner surfaces of the body-sections attheir open ends, of an end wall which is adapted to slide in the locking-grooves when the body-sections are folded one above the other, substantially as set forth.

The combination, with a trunk comprised of two body-sections that are each open at one end and hinged together at said open ends, of an insertible loose end wall which is adapted to interlock with grooves formed at the open ends of the body-sections, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with a trunk comprised of two body-sections that are open at one end and hinged together at said open ends, an insertible end wall, and depending hooks in the trunk-body, of a tray that is adapted to rest on these hooks, and sliding latch-bolts which secure the hinged lid of the tray, substantially as set forth.

GEORGE \Y. SNAMAN, JR.

Witnesses:

CHARLES EBERLE, U. R. WEITERsHAUsEN. 

